Going back to school isn't that bad if you go Stemnitsa, a cute little village in the Mountains of Arcadia, a most beautiful area of the Peloponnese in Greece. This public goldsmiths school has been there since 1976 and although faced issues of closing down due to the economic crisis it is still going strong and giving seminars to professionals to improve their techniques and learn new ones. For 10 days great Greek tutors of mokume, stone setting, glyptography, filigree, gemology, enamel, carving and repoussè where found all together sharing education, wine and local meat in the most pagan parts of Greece... simply a jewellers delight. So here's what I was up to these last days and where I was lost...
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| the village of Stemnitsa |
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| Stemnitsa |
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| tools |
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| stone setting |
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| filigree jewellery |
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| gemology |
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| me |
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| gemology |
     
enameling teacher's car... of course
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| enamel
stone setting - G. Varveropoulos
filigree - G. Mandrohalos
enamel - K. Stamati
gemology - M. Michailidou and Krikou
gliptography - K. Apostolopoulou
mokoume - syn apeiro
carving - Anastasopoulos
tool making - Sarakiniotis and Papadopoulos
repousee - Karalis
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